Read all about how students and parents at William Adams Middle School in Alice, Texas participated in National GEAR UP Week. 

Watch Region One ESC GEAR UP alum Hector Garza deliver a moving testimonial on how GEAR UP changed his life. He dazzled audiences during the "Why I believe in GEAR UP..." plenary session at the 2011 NCCEP conference in San Francisco.

In April, the GEAR UP project directors came together for a meeting of the minds at the AMS Pictures studios in Dallas. 

The GEAR UP program at H.M. King High School recently collaborated with the FACE (Fathers Active in Communities & Education) program to host an event for fathers and students to learn about college preparation together. Read all about it in an article provided by the Kingsville Record.

Click here for a look at a photo of the Mathis High School bands with some of the keynote speakers at the 2010 Texas GEAR UP State Conference in Corpus Christi. (Courtesy of Mathis News)

Date / Time: February 12-15, 2012
Location: New York City